Point of view . . .
“This is a dandelion, ” I told him. He shrugged. “I know. Some see a weed; some see a flower. Perspective.” Kiera Cass (The Crown)
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You, me, everybody . . .
“Too late, I found you can’t wait to become perfect, you got to go out and fall down and get up with everybody else.” Ray Bradbury
He should know . . .
“There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle.” Albert Einstein
Always . . .
A barista in one of my favourite on-site coffee shops at work was overheard updating a colleague on the status of their coffee machines that morning. It seemed that two were being a bit problematic, with only one fully functioning. When I went to order my second coffee, I asked the barista if he’d fixed… Read More Always . . .
Practically perfect . . .
“First of all, I would like to make one thing clear: I never explain anything.” Mary Poppins
Have no fear . . .
“Instead of trying to make your life perfect, give yourself the freedom to make it an adventure, and go ever upward.” Drew Houston (co-founder and CEO of Dropbox)
That makes sense . . .
A cartoon called Finnish Nightmares by Karoliina Korhonen focuses on Matti, a socially-awkward cartoon character. Matti is afraid of crowds and small talk, and he gets easily embarrassed He’s shy and introspective and usually finds himself in the middle of awkward social situations. Yet within a very short time after its creation, a community developed… Read More That makes sense . . .
Lead on . . .
“No one wakes up in the morning to go to work with the hope that someone will manage us. We wake up in the morning and go to work with the hope that someone will lead us.” Simon Sinek
So happy . . .
In Thimpu, the capital of Bhutan, the road signs might just take you by surprise: “Life is a journey! Complete it!” “Let nature be your guide” “Inconvenience regretted” These life-affirming mantras are probably to be expected in a country which rejects GDP as the only way to measure progress, and instead proposes a new measurement:… Read More So happy . . .
I want it . . .
Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi proposes how it feels to be in flow – a state where wellbeing, brain integration creativity and purpose combine: Attention is focused on a limited stimulus field – there’s full concentration Action and awareness merge There’s freedom from worry about failure Self-consciousness disappears Sense of time becomes distorted The experience becomes its own reward… Read More I want it . . .
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